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Customer Onboarding Checklist

Make sure no step is missed when bringing new customers into your base.

1. Why turn onboarding into a process instead of improvisation

The first days determine whether the customer understands what they bought, knows how they will be supported and feels confident to continue. Without a clear checklist:

  • Each person does onboarding their own way.
  • Important information gets lost along the way.
  • The customer starts to doubt whether they made the right choice.

The template organizes all of this into simple steps, with owners and deadlines.

2. What the checklist covers

The PDF provides a complete roadmap, divided into four blocks:

Pre-onboarding

Before signing or right after the "yes".

  • Confirm scope and objectives.
  • Define owners.
  • Align channels and high-level deadlines.

First 48 hours

Immediately after closing the deal.

  • Welcome email.
  • Collect essential data/access.
  • Schedule the kick-off.

First 7 days

The "warm-up" week.

  • Hold the kick-off.
  • Validate expectations and priorities.
  • Present the results view.

First 30 days

The consolidation.

  • Track deliverables.
  • First review meeting.
  • Collect feedback and adjust course.
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How to use the template in your routine

You can print it or use it digitally.

  • Every new customer goes through the same minimum flow.
  • The team knows exactly what the next step is.
  • It becomes clear where the process breaks when something goes off track.

Connecting the checklist to Centriu

The checklist doesn't have to live only as a PDF. Inside Centriu, you can:

  • Create an onboarding pipeline (e.g., in the projects or CRM module).
  • Turn each checklist step into tasks, with owners and deadlines.
  • Track how many customers are in each phase.
  • Set up reminders for critical steps.

Implementation in 5 steps

1
Download the checklist and adapt it to the reality of your service/product.
2
Choose 1 new (or recent) customer to test the full flow.
3
Use the checklist from start to finish, noting what worked and what was missing.
4
Adjust the document and create the corresponding flow inside Centriu.
5
Make its use mandatory for all new customers.

Ready to standardize your customer onboarding?

Use the checklist to structure the first 30 days of the relationship and bring the flow into Centriu to track everything in real time.